Bent County register., 1887-01-08

MIR, Rob't. Steele, a prominent
Atty of Denver and interested in
Lamar, has been in town several
days.
Two of the New York and West
Shore freight cars passed ives, Thurs
day. They are long ways from
home.
MIR. Hummer, of Coldwater.
Kansas, an old acquaintance of F.
&. Descent, has been in the city all
week, and invested in three town lots
Tues,,ay
\ good deal of stone and brick
will be used in building here next
summer. Every body is in to big a
hurry to use any thing bat lumber
now.
That five thousand dollar a year
salary is making the chief of the
laboring man desirable position,
and Mr.. Powderly is having some
trouble 10 hold on to the place.
The Dodge City COW boy band
Will give a concert at DeReamers
Opera house at Pueblo tonight.
They 90 from there to Denver to at
tend the Governors Inauguration.
The last issue of the Las Ami
mas Democrat gives an interesting
account of the early days of that
town, aud much useful information
of our county. They also have a
kind word for lamar, which is the
proper thing.
Miss Alice Turney, of Denver,
sister of Mrs. F. w. Burger was
visiting Mrs. Burger several days
this week, and while here took a
homestead six miles south of town.
Miss Allie Burger accompanied Miss
Turney on her return to Denver,
Thursday night, to attend school
there this winter
Col. \. NJ York. leading bust
ness man of Fit, Scott, Kan together
with several friends and relatives has
located on lands near Pennington,
and is now letting contracts for say-
eral substantial residences to be com
pleted within 80 days.
DR.. Arnold mad the pleasure of
opening the new hail, tn a good audi
ence, Monday evening, that fully ap,
preciated the Doctors talent As an
actor
Lester HAYS has been made
cashier of n bank At La Junta and
went up there to assume his duties
Monday evening. Mr.. Hays is a
competent accountant, a young man
of good habits and one that only re
quires an acquaintance to become
( popular in the community where he
resides.
{ w. w. Cooper, who for many
years has been first assistant in the
Post Office at this place, has resigned
! his position and goes out TO Lamar
i Colorado, to 90 into the real estat,
business with his father, Capt ID. K
Cooper. Willie is one of our finest
young men, being accommodating
and having good business capabili
ties, and is one of ihe kind of young
men who viii. make his mark in tn,
west. We are sorry to see HIM &c
away, but wish him success in ths
new Eldorado.- Winterset iowa..
{ Madisonian.
The most brilliant and promising .
enterprise that has been inaugurated
since the founding of the young
Metropolis Lamar, has just come tc
light The Pennington Town anc
Land Co. has completed its organiza
ton with a capital stock of ten thous
and dollars. The town of Fai ming
ton is located % miles south oi
Lamar in the center of what is ac
knowledged by all, to be the finest
and most productive farming land in
the Bent Land District. The extern
T sion of the Wichita IL Western r
X. will run within one-half mile oil
: the town site. Also the Fit. Worth
IL Denver X. r will cross near the
point. Owing to the natural lay of
! the country, these facts are self EVIL
dent. Within four days, over forty
claims have been located in the im
mediate vicinity of Pennington by
I Bent Il Zimerman. Negotiations
are now completed for the location
of colony of not less than forty
families from Fit Scott and vicinity
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